1) Chandni Chowk To China - Maths lesson for Warner Bros (that they really should have learnt before entering Bollywood): Akshay Kumar + Deepika Padukone + Nikhil Advani = torture!! How Akshay has managed to last so long with his 90's style Mr Bond acting in most of his films is beyond me. And Deepika..........well, she needs a new career.
2) Aasma - The Sky Is The Limit - I thought I'd seen most of the films released in 2009, but I haven't even heard of this one!!
3) Raaz - The Mystery Continues - Kangana and Adhyayan Suman started seeing each other whilst making this film, and split up shortly after the release. Not that it was a publicity stunt. Emraan Hashmi played a painter who looked more like a mental patient, Kangana was possessed by something or the other, but I didn't make it to the second half of this film. Maybe it improved after..........
4) Luck By Chance - The year's first good film, which unfortunately didn't do too well. Farhan Akhtar used his chat show to get other actor's to come on and compliment his performance, which was good - but Rishi Kapoor stole the show in my opinion.
5) Victory - Harman Baweja hams enough in this to make Sumeet Saigal look like a good actor! Victory showed the rise and fall of a cricketer, but it was too cliched and predictable to have any lasting effect. But still, this is worth a watch for some unintentional comedy moments.
6) Dev. D - I still haven't seen this - but have the DVD at home. But it has Abhay Deol in it, and is directed by Anurag Kashyap - it's bound to be head and shoulders above most of the crap churned out.
7) Billu - SRK plays a superstar, Irffan his poor friend - I actually enjoyed this. The song Love Mera Hit Hit gave a nation of husbands a new anthem to nagging wives - na kar aise kitpit!!!
8) Delhi-6 - Kaala bandar!! Two good things about this film - A.R. Rahman and Sonam Kapoor.
9) 13-B - One of the most original Hindi horror films I've seen, with Madhavan's life being mirrored by a TV serial.........not particularly scary, but was fairly engaging throughout.
10) Dhoondhte Reh Jaoge - Rip off of The Producers was mildly amusing - time pass, worth one watch.
11) Jai Veeru - Some advice to the makers - Fardeen Khan can't act for shit, Kunal Khemu isn't a big enough star to carry a film on his shoulders, and you should never have made this film. Diya Mirza looked hot though.
12) Little Zizou - Not seen this.
13) Gulaal - not seen this either, but have the DVD - heard good things about it. Anurag Kashyap at the helm of affairs, so probably worth a watch.
14) Aloo Chaat - is a Hindu-Muslim romance still enough to weave a film around? Apparently not - but I did fall asleep during this one.
15) Barah Aana - have the DVD but not seen it (can you see a pattern here?) Aamir Khan recommended it on a poster, so it might actually be worth watching.
16) Firaaq - see 15. Without Aamir Khan's recommendation.
17) Lottery - Abhijeet Sawant makes his acting debut. I don't think this was ever released in the UK. Thank God for small mercies.
18) Straight - Vinay Pathak kisses a bloke by mistake then spends the rest of the film wondering if he's gay or not, despite Gul Panag coming on to him. Yawn.
19) Aa Dekhen Zara - Neil Nitin Mukesh sang the reworked version of the Rocky track for this very slow, boring thriller - and it doesn't help that he can't really act that well, and that he can't sing either. Bipasha tries hard to look interested, and the Zee TV return bimbo Sophie Chaudhary plays an agent of some sort....from memory, she gets shot down - the best scene in the film.
20) Ek - The Power of One - Bobby Deol flop show once again. Sangeeth Sivan ripped off a south film for this, and somehow managed to rope in Nana Patekar into the cast...........maybe times were hard.
21) 8 x 10 Tasveer - Nagesh Kukunoor thriller with Akshay Kumar that wasn't as bad as the critics made out. Ayesha Takia had fun in her role, worth a one time watch.
22) Ek Se Bure Do - As much as I love Arshad Warsi, I didn't bother with this one.
23) Pal Pal Dil Ke Saath - OH MY GOD! I missed a film with Ajay Jadeja as the hero!!!
24) Coffee House - OH MY GOD! I missed a film with Ashutosh Rana as the hero!!!
25) School Days - ??????????
26) Royal Utsav - ????????????
27) Meri Padosan - ????????????????????
28) Sikandar - not seen the film, but has a fantastic song in Dhoop Ke Sikke.
29) Kal Kissne Dekha - Vashu Bhagnani launched his son in this film about..........actually I don't know what it was about. And I don't really care either.
30) Zor Lagaa Ke Haiyya - Another Mithun-da film I haven't seen. Riya Sen was enough to put me off this though.
31) Let's Dance - the English version of Aaja Nachle. Or Maybe not.
32) Paying Guests - Javed Jafferi, Shreyas Talpade, Ashish Chaudhury, Vatsal Seth - how can you miss a film with a cast like that? Quick easily. Add a selection of heroines from Tarts'R'Us, and you have another waste of time comedy.
33) New York - the film YRF offering of the year, and a fairly serious film with the fresh casting of John Abraham, Katrina Kaif and Neil Nitin Mukesh. Decent, but ultimately a watered down view on terrorism.
The rest will come later............
